Fisher Cat Attacks Boy

They are vicious predators.

Fisher cat attacks boy. Chicken owners especially need to be very vigilant about fisher cats because chickens are probably the fisher cat s favorite food. Boy 6 bitten by fisher cat thebostonchannel june 23 2009 posted on 06 23 2009 12 06 34 pm pdt by joeprobono. They might try to drag them away. Man takes on fisher cat that attacked puppy in nh by jim armstrong wbz tv january 25 2013 at 10 11 pm filed under.

Rhode island police said a 6 year old boy walking to the bus stop with his mother was bitten by a fisher cat a close relative of the weasel. The incident happened on winthrop street in rehoboth at about 9 p m. Recognize a fisher cat s attack. Hopkinton police said the mother saw the animal monday morning and initially thought it was a cat or a fox.

The neck and head will be gone and the. Fisher cats are not pleasant creatures. Wes brown says the animal attacked him on the leg and bit him as he struggled to get it off him. A 12 year old rehoboth boy was attacked by a fisher cat.

Wpri reported that jane foster rehoboth animal control officer said the. Unprovoked attacks on humans are extremely rare but fishers will attack if they feel threatened or cornered. Cockapoo fisher cat fisher cat attack james maranto jim armstrong. In one case a fisher was blamed for an attack on a 6 year old boy.

According to wpri a 12 year old boy was attacked yesterday by a fisher cat or a fox in rehoboth mass. They will often raid chicken coops and are capable of killing many chickens at once.